Title :
Low loss, low chirp, low voltage, polarization independent 40 Gb/s bulk electro-absorption modulator module
Author :
Prosyk, K. ; Moore, R. ; Betty, I. ; Foster, R. ; Greenspan, J. ; Singh, P. ; Keefe, S.O. ; Oosterom, J. ; Langlois, P.
Author_Institution :
Bookham Technol. plc, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Abstract :
A 40 GHz electro-absorption modulator module is presented with record unamplified loss (3.6 dB fibre-to-fibre), extremely low PDL (≤0.3 dB over 15 dB extinction) and low absolute chirp (/α/ <0.6 over the full dynamic range) using a highly manufacturable design.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; modules; optical fibre communication; optical fibre losses; optical fibre polarisation; 3.6 dB; 40 GHz; 40 Gbit/s; PDL; absolute chirp; manufacturable design; polarization independent bulk electro-absorption modulator module; Bandwidth; Chirp modulation; High speed optical techniques; Low voltage; Optical fiber polarization; Optical losses; Optical pulses; Page description languages; Pulse modulation; Space vector pulse width modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1247648
